A former drug user turned activist is addressing Scotland’s alarming drug death crisis by running the nation’s first drug consumption room — and risking arrest to do it.
Tag: Therapy and Rehabilitation
‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats
Ayahuasca, a vomit-inducing hallucinogenic brew, draws thousands of people each year — including former soldiers — to jungle retreats that have become an unlicensed and unregulated mental health marketplace.
What to Know About Stuttering
The speech disorder can play havoc with sociability, relationships, even identity, but there are ways to handle it.
Coronavirus May Pose a New Risk to Younger Patients: Strokes
Doctors have reported a flurry of cases in Covid-19 patients — including a healthy 27-year-old emergency medical technician in Queens. After a month in the hospital, he is learning to walk again.
As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up
What happens as opioid abusers hit middle age? “What your body tolerates at 18 it doesn’t tolerate at 38 or 48.”
Israeli Education Minister Advocates Debunked Gay Conversion Therapy
Many called for the dismissal of the new minister, Rafael Peretz, after he endorsed a discredited practice intended to change sexual orientation.
An Australian Doctor’s Dream: Curing America’s Opioid Curse
Dr. George O’Neil has implanted a device he invented into thousands of Australians who abuse opioids. But is it an answer for America’s addiction crisis?
Quiet ‘Hero’ Marks 30 Years Restoring Limbs, and Dignity, in War
An Italian physiotherapist, Alberto Cairo, has spent three decades in Afghanistan leading centers that have treated tens of thousands of disabled people.
17 Die in Fire at Ecuador Drug Rehab Clinic
At least 12 others were injured after patients set mattresses ablaze in an attempt to escape the clinic in Guayaquil, the authorities said.
12-Year-Old in China Kills His Mother, Then Returns to School, Igniting an Outcry
The decision to allow the boy to return to school has raised questions about China’s policy of not holding children underage 14 responsible for crimes.